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By: Ubuntu Eee change de nom | LostInBrittany - Le blog d'Horacio Gonzalez

Ubuntu Eee change de nom | LostInBrittany - Le blog d'Horacio Gonzalez — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:52:01 +0000

[...] à un bon rythme, et à la fin le nom retenu a été Easy Peasy. Jon a ensuite démarré un concours pour trouver le logo d’Easy Peasy. La réponse a été massive, avec plus de 500 soumissions, parmi lesquels Jon a [...]

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:22:36 +0000

Wow… I’m just gonna say it. That name sucks.

I was all excited to install the new version on January 1 and show it off, but I’m not sure I want to let anyone see a system emblazoned with “Easy Peasy.”

Please rethink!

By: Brendan

Brendan — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:09:12 +0000

Jon – I checked out the email. I guess if you are happy with a name which sounds pants to those with an English mother tongue, and all the restrictions that easy group impose then fine. You just have to see whether easy group ‘feels’ that there is confusion in consumers minds at some point in the future. Seems like out of the frying pan and into …er…another one.

If you were going for “eeezypeeezy” it would make more sense, though it does look rather eee PC centric.

Before you hail me as a ‘problems guy’…. here is my solution:

I would go for either “@tomic linux”(or maybe just “@omic”/”@-omic”) or “lithium”.

I think a reference to the atom processor is better than to eee. The choice of lithium ties in neatly with the battery technology, and these are the first machines with sensible battery usage possibilities. Furthermore lithium is potentially neat as its atom has three electrons, which would allow a logo to merely allude the the ubuntu origins whilst also alluding to the eee PC.

But please note the negativity comes from a genuine feeling that you will be shooting yourself in the foot, or maybe just shooting a distro down in flames. The name matters.

Good luck and all the best.

By: Jon Ramvi

Jon Ramvi — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:43:27 +0000

Anonymous, please check out the mail from the easy group:
http://www.jonramvi.com/mail-from-easycom/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:22:20 +0000

@macs – That you don’t think there is a problem does not alter the fact that any name beginning ‘easy’ is breaching a registered trademark. Additionally the passage that you have quoted rather suggests that you WILL be in trouble and not the converse. Search web to discover how aggressively this trademark is defended in court. I have noticed that Jon has proposed eee PCs with the word ‘easy’ on the lid. I certainly think if I saw a PC with ‘easy’ on it I would instantly assume it comes from the ‘easy’ group.

Lemon Squeezy is also a registered trade mark.

The name is rubbish – jellys, or cleaning products being associated with lemons is fine, but cars and computers – that expression is already used to indicate a pile of rubbish. If you have an unreliable car, computer, mixer, washing machine you would refer to it as a lemon.

Still if you want to use such a daft name, there is always crunchbang! Just watch the outflow- it would be consignia, or mytravel all over again…

By: Ganate una Asus Eee PC - talishte

Ganate una Asus Eee PC - talishte — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:04:37 +0000

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By: Jon Ramvi

Jon Ramvi — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:28:34 +0000

Greg, thanks for the heads up, but it’s probably not going to be a problem. Can’t trademark a saying

By: Easy Peasy: The Ubuntu Eee’s Controversial New Name

Easy Peasy: The Ubuntu Eee’s Controversial New Name — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:40:56 +0000

[...] Also, the guy’s running a logo contest to make Easy Peasy sound professional. [...]

By: Easy Peasy - Das neue Ubuntu für Eee PC | My Netbooks News

Easy Peasy - Das neue Ubuntu für Eee PC | My Netbooks News — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:39:17 +0000

[...] das ganze noch deutlicher zu machen suchen die Macher nun auch ein neues Logo. Hier kann man sich mehr darüber informieren und eventuell auch seine Vorschläge [...]

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:45:29 +0000

Eh…

Lemon Squeezy
this is the name of a driving School in Edimburgh, Scotland.

just see the main page:
“Learning to drive ?
It’s Easy peasy with Lemon Squeezy”

… :p

copyrights problems ahead ?

By: trin

trin — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:40:12 +0000

Hey what about “Easy Peasy EEE”?
It is Easy, it is catchy and it has EEE in it, so it will get recognized by people. “Easy Peasy” on itself doesnt give any association with EEE nor Ubuntu nor computers.
Additional bonus: EPE looks a bit like EEE.
More: EPE is symetric – chance for a nicer logo.

By: macs

macs — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:59:17 +0000

@brendan: from the easy.com website (url http://www.easy.com/thieves/index.html )

“If there is ever a chance that consumers could believe that a company using the name ‘easy’ is part of the easyGroup when this is not the case, then the easyGroup will move to protect both itself and consumers.”

i don’t think this is the case!

By: jice

jice — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:53:15 +0000

“nutbuntu”

I had first thought “netbuntu” for “netbooks”

But “nut” looks like “net” and is funny like a squirrel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blacksquirrelrev.jpg)
and means also spare like the low cost of netbooks.

“nutbuntu” may be used for every netbook and with an add-on for eee asus, acer aspire one, dell…

By: Brendan

Brendan — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:22:05 +0000

The ‘lemon squeezy’ part came years after the expression ‘easy peezy’. The expression is one used by pre school children. Squeezy is an established brand of washing-up liquid or detergent. The ‘easy peezy lemon squeezy’ vwersion came about after squeezy became available in a lemon variant and may well have been from a comercial. Either way a allusion to lemonade is just ludicrous.

‘Easy’ at the beginning of a brand name, or as a brand itself is a registered trademark, and is aggressively defended by easy group.

If you have an English mother tongue, this name sounds utterly ridiculous.

By: Ubuntu EEE wird Easy Peasy | EEE-PC.de :: Deutschlands größte EEE-PC Community

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:16:21 +0000

[...] Das im Dezember letzten Jahres gestartete Projekt Ubuntu EEE, welches von einer Sammlung nützlicher Skripte dann im Juni 2008 ein komplettes Betriebssystem wurde, hat sich dazu entschlossen seinen Namen zu ändern. Am 1. Januar wird es ein neues Release geben und auch einen neuen Namen, nämlich Easy Peasy. Nun wird nach einem neuen Logo gesucht. [...]

By: macs

macs — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:13:12 +0000

Hello! First comment here, even if i’m an happy Ubuntu EEE user :D

I think that Easy Peasy is a really nice name, much more than the others i see here… so this is way i choose to enjoy the logo contest, hope my work will be appreciated :D

i just uploaded “V1 | easy peasy lemon” on wiki, in next days i’ll upload V2 and V3 :D

By: Serola

Serola — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:51:58 +0000

Sorry for somewhat commercial link in my previous comment Ramvi. However, the idea was to give full support for new name. Easy Peasy could be used on projects where easy to use laptops are given for children in schools around the world. Although adults need easy to use OS as well :)

By: UbuntuEEE diventa Easy Peasy « Sesto Potere - Il mio blog

UbuntuEEE diventa Easy Peasy « Sesto Potere - Il mio blog — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:42:03 +0000

[...] Some loves the new name while some think it sounds childish. That’s why we have to make a really good looking and professional logo and webpage. [...]

By: Ubuntu Eee diventa Easy Peasy | Asus Eee PC

Ubuntu Eee diventa Easy Peasy | Asus Eee PC — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:41:02 +0000

[...] è tutto: Jon cerca anche in logo per la sua nuova creatura ed offre un EeePC con Easy Peasy installata a chi proporrà il [...]

By: blondsummer

blondsummer — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:06:02 +0000

Can you tell us when you’ll close the logo submision ?

By: Serola

Serola — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:42:51 +0000

New name is good! It’s actually nice to be somewhat childish. OS like this should be used on projects like Amazon’s ‘Give one, get one’ deal: http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=721521011

Children (and also adults) need computers that are easy to use but still takes users seriously.

By: capt_crunch

capt_crunch — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:09:39 +0000

I picture some kind of lemon logo that exudes the same professionalism and quality as the Easy Peasy name suggests.

Many thanks to you, Jon, and to all the others putting in the hard work to make this distro what it is today. I just don’t like the new name.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:52:40 +0000

Just call it EP and it sounds cool again ;)

By: Gaspard

Gaspard — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:31:03 +0000

Arrgh… “lemon squeezy”??! oh well accept it.. weird names can be ok!

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:18:54 +0000

Man, I thought Easy Peasy was a joke. Woe is me.

By: Carson Chittom

Carson Chittom — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:12:54 +0000

Just to clarify: I very much appreciate all the work put into Ubuntu Eee/Easy Peasy, and I use it every day—my EeePC 1000 is my primary computer. So many many thanks to you, Jon, and to all the others putting in the hard work. I just don’t like the new name.

By: Carson Chittom

Carson Chittom — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:10:54 +0000

I’m sorry, but that’s the stupidest name for an OS I’ve ever heard.

By: ikkefc3

ikkefc3 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:17:26 +0000

I think the new name doesn’t sound very… professional. It’s so childish (or do you think the eeepc is childish too?)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:35:36 +0000

I actually thought the eeepc was called easy peasy when it came out: E’s, E, PC – geddit?